California Farm Chocolate Pear Dessert

Hobby Horseman
Hobby Horseman @HobbyHorseman
California, United States

Small red skinned Bosc pears bottoms trimmed to stand upright and poached in sweet white wine, coated in dark chocolate sauce, served with chocolate dipped fresh raspberries and vanilla bean ice cream and whipped cream, a Holiday dessert that is a family tradition, delicious and simple to make.

California Farm Chocolate Pear Dessert

Small red skinned Bosc pears bottoms trimmed to stand upright and poached in sweet white wine, coated in dark chocolate sauce, served with chocolate dipped fresh raspberries and vanilla bean ice cream and whipped cream, a Holiday dessert that is a family tradition, delicious and simple to make.

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Ingredients

1 hour
4 people
  1. 8small Bosc red pears, stems on, washed well
  2. Bottlesweet white wine
  3. 8 Tbsfresh raspberries, washed well
  4. 1/2 cupcacao, 1/2 cup sugar, 1/2 cup water
  5. 8 Tbsvanilla ice cream
  6. 8 Tbswhipped cream
  7. Cost: fruit $4, wine $6, cacao, sugar,whipped cream, ice cream $6, $4 per dessert

Cooking Instructions

1 hour
  1. 1

    Slice bottom off straight so the pears sit upright in the pan and on the plate. Sit them in a pan, submerge them with a sweet wine, one bottle, boil twenty minutes, drain, cool in freezer, half hour.

  2. 2

    Mix 1/2 cup cacao powder with 1/2 cup confectioners sugar in half cup water, simmer till chocolate is thick, half hour. Cool. Hold pears by stem, brush on the chocolate sauce till looking luscious. Cool.

  3. 3

    Arrange two pears per dessert plate. Wash raspberries, arrange on plate in front of cooled pears, brush chocolate over raspberries. Add 2 Tbs vanilla ice cream, 2 Tbs whipped cream, serve. Enjoy.

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I teach people at the farmers market to grow small scale fruits and vegetables. My grandparents and parents taught me growing, cooking and preserving home grown fruits and vegetables, eggs, meats and fish. I got certified by the University of California Master Gardener Program in 2005. I try to bring out the original flavor of ingredients, then add layers of spices, herbs and flavorings that enhance, not distort the taste. These are the global, organic and vegan family recipes we use.
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